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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I don't want Falcon as Captain America....for two reason:
1. I would rather have him been beloved in his own right as Falcon than him taking the hand-me-downs from another character.
2. Captain America should have a shield. And Falcon would look really stupid with one. His wings already function as one so why the hell should he awkwardly carrying around a shield on top of it? How is he supposed to throw it properly from the air and why should he bother when he already has little guns?
edited 22nd Mar '18 10:08:45 AM by Swanpride
He looks just fine with it in the comics
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It's ironic that you should bring up the shield, though. It's actually a recurring plot point in the comics that conservatives instantly hate him and start looking for ways to prove that he's a disgrace to the title of Captain America. His detractors create a hashtag movement demanding he immediately relinquish the mantle called #GiveBackTheShield.
He gets a lot of flak for getting involved in politically-sensitive controversial topics such as illegal immigration, with his detractors insisting that Captain America shouldn't be political and that things like opposing police brutality or being black undermine what his office is supposed to represent.
edited 22nd Mar '18 10:17:07 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.In the comics, he passes on the mantle of the Falcon to an up-and-coming new super. So it really doesn't, actually.
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In universe and out of universe that's not quite the case though
Maybe it should be but it's not
I remember him lamenting that in Avengers Standoff when Steve becomes young again he thinks he doesn't have a title to go back to
edited 22nd Mar '18 10:20:07 AM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThat's also what happened when Ms. Marvel became Captain Marvel, too. An up-and-coming new super got the Ms. Marvel name.
Marvel tends to treat superhero mantles like job openings. Regardless of whether you consider Sam moving from Falcon to Captain America as a promotion or a lateral move, the office of Falcon did not go unfilled for very long.
edited 22nd Mar '18 10:20:53 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I now have the image of a major hero dying and a bunch of college students in debt send in applications to replace him.
This song needs more love.Its like how Hawkeye became Hawkeye when Hawkeye was dead but thankfully refused to budge when Hawkeye came back so now Hawkeye and Hawkeye are both Hawkeye sometimes in a book titled Hawkeye
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI'd read a book with that concept.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThey're very distinguishable visually though.
Kate wears a lot more purple than Clint has for the past few years.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersCaptain America is an icon. Passing the mantle is a symbolic gesture, but that’s the entire point. The person behind the shield represents an image of America, and how that person acts reflects the part of America’s soul that they represent.
Steve was the idea of FDR’s America; of patriotism tempered by the perspective of a weak man made strong. A man who fought Nazis and is appalled by modern America’s (and past America’s) sins.
Making Sam Wilson Captain America was intentional social commentary. Why can’t a black man represent the idea of America? Doesn’t America include black communities too? Aren’t their rights important? Yes, Steve has fought for black rights in his career, but it’s very different when Sam fights for black rights.
But why does it have to be Sam? You could create a different black character. DC did something like this when they made Dick Grayson Batman. The issue is he was already Nightwing and a superhero in his own right. Having a non-sidekick abandon their identity to take over for a preexisting character seems weird to me.

> If Tony dies we will run out of problems for heroes to solve
so what your're saying is that we need to clone Tony Stark
beginning the cloning saga
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